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L's Diary: (Outside World: Part One) |
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He walked outside in to broad daylight for the first time in three weeks. Sunlight shattered the imaginary barriers against his skin.
"Raito-kun, I think you've killed me."
"Evidently not." The brunet laughed. "Because you're still talking."
Well, then let's see how you like the silent treatment! L grinned to himself. Wait. Silent treatment? How juvenile is that? I can't allow for the company of a younger partner to influence my thinking. Lawliet sighed to himself and trudged forward.
"So, I understand that you don't go out much."
L nodded.
"And that Watari brings you your sweets."
Another nod.
"Well, that's just boring. I was going to take you to the park, but now I've changed my mind!" The brunet declared, abruptly changing his direction, which caused L's arm to be nearly ripped out of its socket.
"Raito, I write with that hand. Be more careful."
"You're ambidextrous."
"So are you, but I'm am quite sure that Mr. Kira would not like for his arm to be ripped from its secure hold either, now would he?"
"I'm not Kira." Raito mumbled between gritted teeth.
"Of course you aren't." The raven-haired man replied sarcastically, immediately wincing. He seriously needed to stop letting Raito influence him so much.
The two walked in silence until they reached the door of a small cafe. "La Chatte Noire" was painted on the sliding glass door in ornate black lettering.
The Black Cat? Well, this doesn't sound too excessively potentially traumatizing. L scratched the back of his 45-degree-angle-tilted head.
"Ryuuzaki."
The older man looked down to see his handcuffed partner tugging the thin chain between them. The door was beginning to shut and L quickly stepped forward, causing it to jolt back the other direction.
"Sorry."
"Don't apologize. There's no need."
Now that he was inside, L took the time to take in his surroundings. The place was definitely well lit. The soft mixture of white and black made for a modern, yet classic atmosphere.
Raito began walking to a table by the window, but was stealthily pulled back by the older man.
"Not where they can see me."
The two settled for a pair of chairs in the back. A cheerful waitress bounded up to them shortly. She resembled a Misa-Misa drenched in checkered cloth.
"Hello, my name is Rini and I'll be serving you today. Would you like to order?" She flashed a brilliant smile to Raito.
"Yes, I'll have an iced green tea and this." His delicate fingertip tapped a spot on the menu, in which case Rini the waitress leaned in too close to read. Her smile broke out in to a grin. She was a cute girl and L couldn't help but notice the sinking feeling in his gut. It was still there when she pulled away.
"And you sir?" She glanced to the detective once and saw the handcuff chain linking him to the younger male. She quickly looked down at her note pad and the grin on her face narrowed to a small, obviously forced smile.
What an instantly friendly atmosphere... Ah! Sarcasm again...
"Please return in a few minutes. I have yet to scrutinize the menu to its full capacity."
"Yes, sir. Meanwhile, would you like anything to drink?"
"Hot tea."
"Ok..." She scribbled quickly on her note pad. "I'll be back with your orders shortly." She winked at Raito and nearly skipped away.
"That was disgusting."
"I'm sorry?" L peeked up at Raito from behind the menu.
"That... girl." Raito made a face.
"Explain."
"First off, it was the way that she acted around me and you. The difference in which she treated us. There's nothing wrong with you, yet she can't even smile to you? And then when she addresses me again, she's instantly peppy like nothing's wrong. Doesn't that bother you?"
"Not really." He wouldn't admit it.
"All girls are like that. They see a pretty face and they can't help but to try and take it for their own. They see someone whose a little bit out of the ordinary and they instantly shut down! How can you stand it Ryuuzaki? And that behavior is so typical. Girls are disgusting."
"I don't see anything wrong with girls..." Ryuuzaki trailed off. He was elated. Raito didn't have an interest in females. In fact, he hated them. Although this show of hatred could very well be a sign of Raito's potential to hate injustices and also be Kira, the knowledge made the detective... happy.
"Well..." The younger man's face grew red. "Dammit, Ryuuzaki, just look at your menu and mind your own business."
"You started the conversation."
"I was talking to myself." Yagami glared at L and folded his arms.
And he was back to scrutinizing the menu once more. Were all menus like this? He flipped, again, through another page of desserts. There were so many things he wanted to try.
Green tea cake, that fruit tart, fresh berries and creme ice cream, orange and strawberry roll...
Wait.
Orange and Strawberry Roll?
"Raito."
"Yes, Ryuuzaki?"
"I want this."
"Show me."
The raven-haired man flipped the menu over in his agile fingers and pointed at the picture.
"This."
"I'll ask the waitress to bring it here." Raito cringed at the mention of Rini the waitress and called her over. She nearly performed the perfect face plant in her excitement to behold the brunet in a 5 foot radius once more.
"Miss, my partner here, would like the fruit roll."
"How many slices?"
"Bring me an uncut roll, please."
She gawked. "Th-the ENTIRE thing?"
"Yes."
"O-ok then... uhhh... I'll be back in a little bit..." She began to walk away.
"Oh, Rini, could you please bring my sushi the same way? Uncut?"
She stared again for nearly a minutes before uttering "S-sure..." and eagerly scuffled away.
Silence passed between the two. And then they burst out laughing. Well, more like Raito laughed and L grinned.
"I think Ms. Rini has come to the conclusion that you are just as strange as I am." L claimed with a smile.
"Yeah!" Raito wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, "And when I said 'partner'! Did you see her facial expression?"
Mmmm... did you see my reaction?
"Yes..." The detective murmured.
But that wasn't very nice of you to let her think you weren't interested in women... Unless you truly hold no interest in the opposite gender? If the way you treat Misa is any indication, then I would have to assume that you are either unterested in women or asexual. (A/N: An asexual person does not experience sexual attraction in any form.)
The sweets-lover's heart sank at the thought.
"Ryuuzaki, are you ok?" Raito's voice was think with concern.
"Yes." He took in a deep breath. "I must have gotten lost in my thoughts."
"What were you thinking about?"
"It is of no concern to you."
"Ryuuzaki," Raito reached across the table and placed his hand on the detective's knee. "I want you," The thumb on L's knees began to draw small circle in the fabric of his jeans. "To be able to trust me with anything. If we're going to work together on this case, that would be out top priority."
"Am I not allowed a bit of privacy in my thoughts? We are chained together."
"Good point."
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The food arrived shortly. It was quite a laughable sight, really, to see two grown men chained together, both trying to stuff a whole roll down
their throats. Raito, of course, had it easy. Sushi was meant to be eaten in bites. Ryuuzaki spent the entire time unsuccessfully trying to stuff the roll down his throat in one giant chunk. After covering his face in creme, he gave up and settled for eating the roll in chunks.
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"Ryuuzaki, there's creme on your cheek."
"Where?"
"Here, let me get it."
The two men were standing in front of La Chatte Noire. Raito leaned forward, bringing his face dangerously close to that of the older man's. Ryuuzaki shivered as he felt something warm and wet slide up the side of his jaw line.
"There we go."
 minikimii · Sun Aug 10, 2008 @ 01:21am · 1 Comments |
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